United States v. Jean Zamora Santona

USCA11 Case: 23-13725 Document: 62-1 Date Filed: 02/13/2026 Page: 1 of 2

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 23-13725 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JEAN CARLOS ZAMORA SANTONA, Defendant-Appellant. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida D.C. Docket No. 8:20-cr-00136-SCB-TGW-3 ____________________ Before JILL PRYOR, NEWSOM, and BRANCH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: Jean Carlos Zamora Santona appeals his conviction and 97-month sentence for 1 count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms of cocaine while on USCA11 Case: 23-13725 Document: 62-1 Date Filed: 02/13/2026 Page: 2 of 2

2 Opinion of the Court 23-13725 board a vessel on the high seas subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, in violation of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act. In turn, the government moves to dismiss Zamora Santona’s appeal as untimely.

A criminal defendant must file a notice of appeal within 14 days after the entry of the judgment. Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(1)(A)(i).

A pro se prisoner’s notice of appeal or other filing is deemed filed on the date that he delivers it to prison authorities for mailing. Jef- fries v. United States, 748 F.3d 1310, 1314 (11th Cir. 2014); Fed. R. App. P. 4(c)(1). The government can object to timeliness at least as late as its response brief. United States v. Lopez, 562 F.3d 1309, 1313 (11th Cir. 2009).

Santona mailed his notice of appeal on November 2, 2023, more than two years later than his March 18, 2021, deadline. The government’s motion to dismiss the appeal as untimely is GRANTED because the pro se notice of appeal was filed more than days after the district court entered judgment. Accordingly, this appeal is DISMISSED.